MTV's Latest Pilot Order: a Dark Rape Revenge Comedy & 2 Shows from Nicole Byer
In a push to create more female-focused content, MTV has ordered four new pilots, all led and created (at least in part) by women. The always delightful Nicole Byer, cast member of MTV’s Girl Code and the star and co-writer (alongside Saturday Night Live’s Sasheer Zamata) of the UCB’s perfect “Be Blacker” sketch, has…
Did Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Copy K-Pop Superstars 2NE1?
Last night, as Taylor Swift pulled a classic derail on Nicki Minaj’s very important VMA tweets, Twitter user @chaelinfenty brought up an interesting point: “can we talk about how taylor’s video isn’t original and was copied from a group of four WOC, 2NE1,” she wrote, not a question but a declaration.
Add The T Word to the Many Ways Laverne Cox Is Changing the World
Laverne Cox is 5'11", maybe 6'4" in Louboutins, but her super-shiny, super-long blonde wig gives her the illusion of added height. Or maybe it's the metaphor: in the year and a half since Orange is the New Black began, Cox's star has grown exponentially, and as a public figure she is larger than life: the rare…
Watch Beyoncé's Entire Flawless VMA Performance
During last night's Video Music Awards, Beyoncé melted the MTV stage by performing a medley of her latest self-titled album as a pre-cursor to accepting the 2014 Michael Jackson Vanguard Video award. And now you can relive the moment at your desk. Happy Monday!
The 2014 VMAs Existed For Beyoncé
The Video Music Awards closed out with a performance by Beyoncé that was seemingly the entire point of the program. The lead up to her appearance and her acceptance of the 2014 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award was long and paved with much mediocrity, but we were handsomely rewarded for our patience.
Parents Television Council Would Like the VMAs to Tone It Down, Thanks
The Parents Television Council is upset that the MTV Video Music Awards are not as wholesome as the Kid's Choice awards. The censorship advocacy group has released a letter to MTV warning them to tone down this year's VMAs and, yes, it is possible that they are confused as to who they're talking to.
MTV Pretends Lyric Videos Aren't Regular Videos, Gives Them an Award
MTV has done the totally thinkable and added the worst category they possibly could have added to the upcoming Video Music Awards: Best Lyric Video. Right, because what lyric videos needed was more validation that they're a thing that's different from a regular music video.

